Testimony of Sabina Shprintza (Fuks) Sheratzki, born in Turobin, Poland in 1923, regarding her experiences in Lublin and in Izbica camp during the war period
She is from a religious family in Turobin; her father works in commerce; she studies in a school and in a heder; celebration of Jewish holidays; Jewish community life; antisemitic events in school; she leaves school at age 13, and her move to Lublin; activities in Zionist youth movements; residence in the home of her older sister; periodic visits at her family's home; outbreak of the war; persecution of Jews; hunger; her two older brothers are in the Soviet Union; work in housekeeping; searches for Jews by the Germans; deportation of Jews in the direction of the cemetery; deportation to Izbica on foot along with other Jews; Izbica camp life; transfer to forced labor in a factory; approach of the front; air-raids; liberation; move to Lublin; rehabilitation of life after the war; emigration to the United States.
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item Id
12371805
First Name
Sabina
Shprintza
Last Name
Sheratzki
Maiden Name
Fuks
Date of Birth
1923
Place of Birth
Turobin, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives